Julie Anderson thought that she had the perfect marriage, until her husband died, and she starts to unravel the secrets he kept. Caught between grief and wanting to know the truth, she quickly realizes that her marriage was the opposite of perfect. Repressed memories of the trauma that she experienced at the hand of the man that vowed to love and cherish her, she discovers that history is repeating itself, as she struggles with how much to tell her kids the truth about their father. As she starts to rebuild her life, she returns to her first love of art and her dream to become an artist.

When she runs into Marc Diaz, the handsome, younger brother of her childhood friend, she strikes up a friendship with him that quickly turns into a forbidden attraction. Her second chance at love, means dealing with the taboo nature of being in a romance with a much younger man. How does she come to terms with the imposter life that she had grown accustomed to and does she choose the love of her life or the respect of her family?